Car-axle box and lubricator



(No Model.)

A. INEMER & P. LYSTON;

GAR AXLE BOX AND LUBRIGATOR.

No. 413,066. Patented OOH 15 1889.

WITNESSES: INVENTOR am YM W ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES ATENT Tries.

AMBROSE INEMER AND PATRICK LYSTON, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

CAR-AXLE 50X AND LUBRICATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 413,066, dated October15, 1889.

Application filed August 6, 1889- Serial Nox 319,911- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, AMBROSE INEMER and PATRICK LYSTON, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Axle Boxes andLubrithe car-axle box.

cators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved caraxle box and journallubricator, and is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which--Figure 1 is a section of the car-axle box and shows the journal andlubricator. Fig. 2 is a part front end elevation and sect-ion of Fig. 3shows two views of the oil-dipper.

The box A has vertical sides 6, horizontal top 0, and sloping bottom cl,which inclines toward the front end 6, where it is lowest. At the frontthe box has a circular head A, and a narrow circular chamber f isthereby formed. Thelid or cover g comprises a portion of the saidcircular chamber, and is attached by hinges h,as usual. The lowermostpart f of the circular chamber f projects a little below the front end 6of the bottom and serves as a receptacle for the collection of oil thatdrains down from the journal I. The brass bearing J over the journal maybe of any desired construction. In the presentinstance it has at thefront end a reception-lip 7t, which projects a little, and this lipforms a shallow recess 1. A longitudinal groove mextends across the topof the brass, and one or two ducts a pass down from said groove.

An arm 0 is secured to the end of the axle journal I in any suitable orconvenient manner. In the present instance a screw 19 is employed tosecure the arm. hen the car is in motion and the axle revolves, the armwill turn like a crank-arm, and its path of rotation will be in thecircular chamberf at the front of the box. The arm at its extremity hasa small dipper q, of any suitable shape. The dipper projects atboth'sides of the arm,

so as to serve equally well when turned either way. Thesmall dipper g ateach revolution passes through the lowermost part f of the circularchamber, and one of its sides will take up a small quantity of oil,which will be carried to the topmost part of the chamber, where it willdrip from the dipper, and some of it will pass onto the reception-lip 7tof the brass. This oil will enter the recess 1, and then pass into thegroove m, and from there down the ducts n to the journal I. All excessof oil from the journal will drain down the inclined bottom d into thelowermost part f of the circular chamber. The box may be packed withwaste or other material.

It will be seen that mechanical provision is here made for taking oilfrom the bottom of the box and applying it to the top of the journal.

In the present instance the dipper-arm is shown applied to a car-axle;but it" may be applied to other things, such as shafts.

It is obvious some changes in the construction of the box may be madewithout affecting the scope of the patent that may be granted for thisinvention.

Having described ourinvention, we claim The combination of the boxhavinga bottom which inclines toward the front, a circular head at thefront of the box, the lowermost part of which projects below theboxbottom and forms a receptacle f an axle or in the presence ofwitnesses.

AMBROSE INEHER.

PATRICK LYSTON.

\Vitnesses:

JOHN E. MORRIS, FELIX R. SULLIVAN, L. RABILLON.

